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Status published
High
CVE-2020-5208
remote code execution vulnerability in ipmitool
Vulnerability Description
It's been found that multiple functions in ipmitool before 1.8.19 neglect proper checking of the data received from a remote LAN party, which may lead to buffer overflows and potentially to remote code execution on the ipmitool side. This is especially dangerous if ipmitool is run as a privileged user. This problem is fixed in version 1.8.19.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://github.com/ipmitool/ipmitool/security/advisories/GHSA-g659-9qxw-p7cp
- https://github.com/ipmitool/ipmitool/commit/e824c23316ae50beb7f7488f2055ac65e8b341f2
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00006.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RYYEKUAUTCWICM77HOEGZDVVEUJLP4BP/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/K2BPW66KDP4H36AGZXLED57A3O2Y6EQW/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00031.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-03
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00029.html
Affected Vendor
ipmitool
View all reports →Affected Software
ipmitool
Vulnerable Versions:
unspecified
Timeline
Official Publish:
February 5th, 2020
Last Modified:
August 4th, 2024
Added to House:
July 21st, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N